I’ve just uninstalled and removed Balatro after yet a near, very close 8/8 ante finish. I have been failing and failing, I’ve only ever seen and gotten to 8/8 ante twice, this being the second time. Every other run has been just insulting me to where no strategy has ever worked, I feel like a lot of it is RNG and pre-determined outcomes based on seeded runs.
And I hate that way of playing. It always feels like I’m getting smacked down by a troll bully who I can never overcome. They’d kick me down every failed run I’d have, then they give me a false sense of security the further I get. “Awwww, getting tired of being owned? Here, let me help you by giving you a few seemingly lucky breaks. SMACK Oh! OWNED YOU AGAIN! FUCK YOU! LOLLOLOL! I BANGED YOUR MOTHER, GIT GUD, NOOB!1”
I just don’t understand why these kinds of games are around, even when I have a good idea who it is for.
Elden Ring, Lords of the Fallen (the new one – I strangely enjoyed the original enough to beat it, but this one just didn’t captivate me).
I also left Lies of P near the end, because I found a boss too exhausting to keep trying, and life got in the way at some point. Might pick it up again, eventually? Not too sure.
I played and loved Dark Souls 1 and 2, Bloodborne, Sekiro (particularly Sekiro), so it’s not that the genre doesn’t interest me. There’s just something about the above implementations (and DS3, but I did finish that one) that didn’t really captivate me the same way.
Mostly agreed, though I did fully complete elden ring because I enjoyed it a lot. Too many repeat bosses but the main story bosses were fun.
Lies of P… Yeah. I got to the second to last boss and just couldn’t. It’s parry system has like half as many acceptable frames as sekiro, so that’s why it sucked for me. I just couldn’t get the timing and it limits the amount you can grind for levels to make up for it.